Development Server: http:https://gates2020.herokuapp.com
If you want particular components or designs of this portfolio, go to https://github.com/raghavdhingra/GATES_2020
Within the same repo, there is a folder name Prototype. It contains the designs in simple html/css and js.
The Website is made with the help of Django Framework. So the contributor having knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python can contribute to this repository.
HTML - (Hyper Text MarkUp Language) - It's not a language rather its just a markup which defines a webpage and tells the browser that how to display an element on it.
CSS - (Cascading Style Sheet) - It is used for the styling of the webpage. By using this we can define and apply different property to the HTML elements by the use of Classes and IDs.
JavaScript - It is a client sided scripting language. It means JavaScript scripts are read, interpreted and executed in the client, which is your Web browser. It is used to create responsive, interactive elements for web pages, enhancing the user experience.
Python - It is a general purpose scripting language. Nowadays, It is one of the most popular programming language. It is used to make WebApps, GUI, Mobile apps, etc. But here it is used to handle the server.
This WebApp is made with the help of Django, which is a python Web Framework. Basically, A framework is a collection of programs that do something useful and which you can use to develop your own applications. It have some set of rules which one have to follow for making up the Application. All the languages mentioned above are bind together and used inside this framework. And all these make up our WebApp.
2.) Unzip the folder and open it in some IDE or some code-editor like - PyCharm, VS-Code, Atom, etc.
3.) Set up a virtual environment fot it.
Open the terminal in the current folder and write the given command.
virtualenv <foldername> <path>
For Example:
virtualenv venv .
It will create a virtual environment with a folder name - venv in the current directory
4.) Now activate the virtual environment by writing the following command:
FOR WINDOWS
cd venv/scripts
then
activate .
FOR MACBOOK and LINUX
source venv/scripts/activate
This will activate the virtual environment. You can assure it by seeing (venv) in front of the C:/path
5.) Change the path to the main folder (where the manage.py and requirements.txt files are present)
You can change it by - change directory (cd) command.
cd <path name>
## For previous directory
cd ../
cd ./
6.) Install all the requirements in the requirements.txt file by using pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
7.) After installing you can verify whether all the requirements have been installed or not by using:
pip freeze
8.)After the installation process have been finished, you can run the development server by:
FOR WINDOWS
python manage.py runserver <port>
For Example:
python manage.py runserver 8000
It will start the development server on port 8000, that's -> 127.0.0.1:8000 or localhost:8000
- SAME FOR MACBAOOK and LINUX *
python3 manage.py runserver <port>
9.)Now you can go through the App and make changes and contribute to the Open Source
If You want to use any other library or function which need an import or needed to be downloaded there is a file requirements.txt
You can specify the library or function there also its version.
For Example, if we have used any integration for payment like Razorpay having version 1.0.3, then:
razorpay==1.0.3
Please write the requirements.txt file in alphabetical orderwise.
Again, if you wants to see which are the requirements which are already installed in the virtual environment, then you can run the pip freeze command and it will show every requirement installed in your virtual environment (If You have not installed a virtual environment, please see point number 3 above, or click on the link.)
pip freeze
This command will give all the requirements which is installed like if we have installed razorpay,
Then, it will give -
razorpay==1.0.3
as a result.